Pakistan Police Officer Ranks, Badges and Grades

Pakistan police officer ranks, badges with grades/ pay scales and all other detail is given here.

Pakistan Police Ranks with Grades

Police Rank

Abbreviation

Scale / Grade

Constable

BS 05

Head Constable

BS 07

Assistant Sub
Inspector

ASI

BS 09

Sub Inspector

SI

BS 14

Inspector

BS 16

Assistant
Superintendent of Police /

Deputy Superintendent of Police

ASP /

DSP

BS 17

Superintendent of
Police

SP

BS 18

Senior
Superintendent of Police /

District Police
Officer /

Assistant Inspector
General

SSP /

DPO/

AIG

BS 19

Deputy Inspector
General /

Regional Police
Officer /

City Police Officer

DIG /

RPO /

CPO

BS 20

Additional Inspector
General

Addl. IG / CCPO

BS 21

Inspector General of
Police /

Provincial Police
Officer

IGP /

PPO

BS 22

SHO, DPO, CPO, RPO and PPO are posts not ranks. So you may see a lower rank acting as a higher post for some time.

Station House Officer (SHO) could be either a Sub Inspector or Inspector.

Deputy Superintendent of Police (D.S.P) and Assistant Superintendent of Police (A.S.P) are of same level, the difference is that DSP is promoted from junior rank and is an experienced Police officer while ASP is a young Police officer who joined the service directly as an officer after passing civil service exam.

Pakistan Police Insignia/ Badges

All provinces of Pakistan have their own police service such as the Punjab Police, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police, Sindh Police, Balochistan Police. Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Police, Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) Police and Gilgit Baltistan (GB) Police works in their territories.

Each police force has a Commissioner of Police appointed as Inspector-General who are the most senior officers from the Police Service of Pakistan (PSP) - a constituent of the Central Superior Services of Pakistan.